Talent Is Not Enough

Read: Isaiah 60:1-62:5, Philippians 1:27-2:18, Psalm 72:1-20, Proverbs 24:11-12 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come… Instead of…

Is In You

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will…

Calling Confirmed

Read: Isaiah 48:12-50:11, Ephesians 4:17-32, Psalm 69:1-18, Proverbs 24:5-6 I have said it: I am calling Cyrus! I will send him on this errand and will help him succeed. (Isaiah 48:15) Relate: I’ve never had one of those Macedonian calls. I’ve never had a dream, like Paul did, where someone is telling me to come and preach to him. It has…

All Access

9 Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.10 And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself. (Ephesians 4:9-10 NLT) Read: Isaiah 45:11-25, Isaiah 46, Isaiah 47, Isaiah 48:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-16,…

Moving Forward

I tried to get right back up and keep running but my leg was having none of that. So there I was, in the woods, with all the other runners passing me by. I realized then that I had three choices…

Kurban Bayramı

For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. (Ephesians 2:14-15) Read: Isaiah 41:17 – 43:13, Ephesians 2:1-22, Psalm 67:1-7, Proverbs…

What Is Truth?

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Read: Nehemiah 5:14-19, Nehemiah 12:27 – 13:31, Malachi 1:1 – 2:9 Relate: Breakfast had been ruined. True, it was not the most lavish of meals but I enjoyed having a bit of emmer…